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  • From: bob111higgins AT comcast.net
  • To: sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: , Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] salad mix production
  • Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 01:23:27 +0000

Thanks Bob and others for the good advice, and I will definitely try to make
it to one of the S. Jersey meetings.

Bob Higgins
> Bob, Every forth Wednesday of each month except July and August we have our
> tri
> county monthly vegetable grower meeting, tomorrow night the 28th is the next
> meeting. Its open to the public but mostly attended by commercial growers.
> You
> should try to attend one of the meetings. Rick VanVranken Atlantic county
> agent
> usually attends the meetings and hosts a few, he is a nationally recognized
> specialist in baby vegetables and micro greens and represents many growers
> south Jersey who grow these crops on a large scale. You should speak to him
> if
> you want to expand into that market.
> You also might want to check American Vegetable Grower magazine, the cover
> story from a couple months back was on two South Jersey micro greens
> growers.
> Many growers down here got micro greens growing and marketing down to a
> science...Bob
> Sunny Meadow Farm
> Bridgeton, NJ.
>
> >
> > My first time growing micro greens / salad mix for market. So, very
> > roughly, how many square feet of bed space will I need to harvest one
> > pound

> > of baby greens? Obviously the mix and size at harvest matter, but ... your
> > guestimates are appreciated.
> >
> > Bob Higgins
> > Red Brick Farm
> > Hopewell, NJ
> >
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